Notamacropus irma

(Jourdan, 1837)

Western Brush Wallaby

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Macropodiformes
Superfamily : Macropodoidea
Family : Macropodidae
Subfamily : Macropodinae
Tribe : Macropodini
Genus : Notamacropus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Jourdan, C. 1837-10-09. Mémoire sur quelques mammifères nouveaux. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 5:521-524.

Original name as described

Halmaturus irma

Other common names

Black-gloved Wallaby · Kwoora

Type material

MNHN 1849-299

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"les bords de la rivière des Cygnes [= Swan River], sur les côtes de Leuwin (Australasie)," south-western Western Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Macropus to Notamacropus

Taxonomy notes citation

Celik, M., Cascini, M., Haouchar, D., Van Der Burg, C., Dodt, W., Evans, A. R., ... & Phillips, M. J. (2019). A molecular and morphometric assessment of the systematics of the Macropus complex clarifies the tempo and mode of kangaroo evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 186(3), 793-812.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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